Minnesota father embraced after wrestling match while battling cancer dies

Steve McKee will be remembered as a loving father, whose embrace with his son – and his son's opponent – after a state title bout drew the eyes of the entire nation.

It was in March when the 51-year-old father – battling a cancer that was supposed to have stolen his life from him at that point – watched his son, St. Michael-Albertville's Mitchell McKee, win the state high school wrestling championship.

Afterward Mitchell's opponent, despite having just been defeated, walked over to Steve McKee matside and embraced the beloved dad.

That act of compassion led to a standing ovation, as onlookers wiped tears from their eyes.